Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry comprised of three phrases.
Traditional haiku uses 17 syllables (5:7:5) but contemporary haiku in English often ignores this rule. A haiku is typically about nature, the earth and the natural world and are designed to be thought-provoking. These original haiku poems are by Anthony Rutledge and are mostly written in the contemporary free style format.
There are over 4,000 Haiku on this site in 15 different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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open tent
a thump of thunder
popping her eyes out
camping
a bee hive
being vocal to our smoke
camp fire
the wings an owl folds
in shadows
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my dog
inhales the stranger
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leaving its afterimage
on butterfly wings
camping
our Milky Way
on the edge… seeing within
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across the river
the craters on the moon
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start of day
our daughter sings to bird songs
camping
without a sound
insomnia leaves
lake side
a log fire
tastes the coffee
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green and brown caterpillar
in a beak
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the quietly searching
moon’s face
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